The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

This park feels like a lush little jungle full of wildlife nestled within São Paulo.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

Its collection details the experiences of the largest Japanese community outside Japan.

A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

An obelisk marks the exact center of the continent, as per the calculations of the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

Something about this Brazilian city is slightly askew... literally.

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.